Mrs. Meeker,
I must admit that I was not that excited to read the book when I first saw it Christmas morning.  I read the first chapter that afternoon and set it down.  I picked it up a day and a half ago and couldn’t sleep, and couldn’t put it down.  I finished it early this morning and will read it again and again.
I grew up with a very distorted view of family relationships because my father was not around and my mother did not deal with that well. I am not blaming, I have made choices-good and bad- that have brought me here. I am 35 years old and have been married to the most amazing woman for eight years. Today our only child, a daughter, is 14 months. My wife is the oldest girl in her family and has the most special relationship with her dad, who gave me the book. I respect that relationship now more than ever. I was enthralled with the simplicity with which you presented certain aspects of girls growing up. I was also overwhelmed with the enormity of the task of raising a healthy, humble, kind and well adjusted young woman. But because…